Frequently Asked Questions
(usually by old(er) people!)
lots of what our young adults are feeling as they reach the time to leave home is what we who get left behind are feeling too: it's exciting, horrifying, baffling, relieving, overwhelming, scary .. and it's hard to know how to balance letting them blossom into their own people and still provide the support that we all need from a distance.
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the whole idea of re:Plant is to help bridge the gap, providing a contact in the place they're off to that's interested in them, happy to help get them settled, keen to see them thrive and be an advocate for them as they look for a new church family.
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we aren't here to police them, or minimise their autonomy and capability to forge their own path. we just want to be people they can count on for encouragement, practical assistance and a safe space to ask questions.
who even are you?
you can check out some people-details here, but the short story is that we're a collective of people from churches across Aotearoa.
we've been on the journey of sending our humans off into the big wide world too. we saw that there were opportunities to make this an easier process on everyone, and so - with the support of our elders at RSC (our local church) and the CCCNZ team - we're launching this platform as a way to help create interpersonal connections and build stronger bridges between our churches.
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why are you doing this?
well .. figuring out a new city is hard.
walking into a new church is hard.
finding friends is hard.
leaving home is hard, even if it's a thing you've been looking forward​ to! we're doing this because we want to make these hard things less hard. we want to help replant your young people as gently as possible.
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whats the catch? do we need to pay anything?
no catch, and no money involved!
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can i sign someone up without their consent?
please don't do this! it's honestly better that they do it for themselves - autonomy is empowering! - but as a bare minimum,
they need to give specific permission for this. the first contact we make will be to ensure that they are okay with this process, and if we don't hear from them, we won't be passing their info on.
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what happens if they don't want to go to church?
well, no one is going to force them to come - thats not what we're about.
we want to be there for them regardless, but we believe that thriving comes from being rooted in the good soil that a healthy Christian community provides, so we do aim to keep encouraging them on this journey.
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can we choose what church their contact details are given to?
we have churches capable of accessing a range of support services for your young person, with active members enthusiastic about meeting your young people, but we are equally able to pass on their details to a specific church if they request that!
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we aren't part of the CCCNZ thing, can we still ask you to look out for our kids?
yes, of course! we want to help wherever we can!
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will your people be available to do whatever the youth want, all year round, 24/7?
well, no (that sounds more like parenting?!)
we are not qualified counsellors, teachers, personal assistants or uber drivers ..
the point of this is simply to provide them with a point of contact who can help them find what they need.
will you provide progress reports to us about them?
the short answer is no. actually, the long answer is also no; you're really getting the wrong idea about this process.
we aren't oversight or caretakers (or police!) for your youth, we're just a friendly face with a desire to see them flourish and grow.
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how excited are you to get this thing going?
super excited! your young people are awesome, we're pumped to meet them!